The report will be collating specific sections of this data pertaining to countrywise policy responses, consumption pattern, youth and alcohol, levels of consumption and harms and consequences.
This report is being created using the data from the GISAH (Global Information System on Alcohol and Health) tool of the World Health Organisation. GISAH tool helps monitor trends relating to alcohol consumption across various age groups, side effects (harm caused) as well as the policy responses by different countries.
Team Name: Hayaku
Researchers:
Harms of alcohol
Cancer
Liver Cirrhosis
Road traffic accidents
Calculation Method:
Cancer Death \(\times\) Alcohol-Attributed Cancer Death Rate
Liver Cirrhosis Death \(\times\) Alcohol-attributed Liver Cirrhosis Death Rate
Road Traffic Death \(\times\) Alcohol-attributed Road Traffic Death Rate
Analysis:
Alcohol causes more deaths to Males.
Liver Cirrhosis causes the highest death rate while Road Traffic Accidents causes the lowest.
Alcohol causes the highest death rate in Nigeria and the lowest in Lybia.
| continent | alc_death | traffic_death |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | 29.12103 | 43.725532 |
| South America | 25.42675 | 23.335000 |
| Europe | 24.74771 | 7.295454 |
| North America | 22.00660 | 17.207500 |
| Seven seas (open ocean) | 20.54692 | 10.083333 |
| Asia | 20.45120 | 21.564474 |
| Oceania | 10.78079 | 13.222222 |
| income_grp | alc_death | traffic_death |
|---|---|---|
| low | 28.25030 | 44.315714 |
| upper_middle | 24.83446 | 20.202222 |
| lower_middle | 24.16239 | 25.591026 |
| high | 18.70564 | 9.362195 |
Calculated by:
Analysis:
Alcohol brings the highest number of deaths in Africa.
Alcohol brings comparatively lowest number of deaths in Oceania and Asia
Possible reasons affecting death rates
Religions
Income
Education
Medical conditions
GHO | global information system on alcohol and Health (gisah) | global information system on alcohol and health. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, 2021, from https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.gisah.GISAH?lang=en&showonly=GISAH